lounge
noun
- waiting area for travellers
verb
- pass time idly, probably in a semi-horizontal position
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ / /ˈlæʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ / /ˈlaːnd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
- A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
“He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.”
“Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.”
- A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
“That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.”
- A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
“Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room”
“Let's go hang out in the lounge.”
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
“Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub”
verb
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
- To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
“We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.”
“We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.”
- To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
“When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.”
“As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.”